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• India's journey towards sustainable cooling

  Sustainability, for long, has been at the core of Indian lifestyle and its indigenous knowledge and sustainable practices have played a crucial role in helping people be informed and make environmentally

  • 02/01/2024

  • UNDP India
  • • Climate Change
    • Ozone Layer
    • Montreal Protocol
    • India
    • Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

• Win some, lose some

  Experts debate the phasing out of methyl bromide, a chemical with potent ozone depleting qualities

  • 30/01/1999

  • Down To Earth
  • • Natural Fertilisers
    • Pesticides
    • Ozone Layer
    • Environmental Science
    • United States Of America (US)

• Biggest ozone hole

  The size of the hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica was the largest ever measured and lasted a month longer than the year before, Argentine meteorologists said. The National Weather Service(SMN)

  • 03/01/1999

  • Statesman (New Delhi)
  • • Ozone Layer

• Policy to control import, use of ODS stressed

  Consumption of Ozone Depleting Substances (ODSs), still well below the allowable limit, is growing at a fast rate with the aerosol sector alone commanding three-quarters of total ODS use in

  • 31/12/1998

  • Bangladesh Observer (Dhaka)
  • • Ozone Layer
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  Air cooled

  Very soon, theftidge in your home could be cooling by air

  • 30/12/1998

  • Down To Earth
  • • Ozone Layer
    • CFCs

• India, US sign pact for green aid

  India and the US have signed an accord whereby around 40 Indian industrial units using carbon tetra-chloride will receive grant-in-aid from the Montreal Protocol Fund. The Fund is a multilateral

  • 23/12/1998

  • Business Standard (New Delhi)
  • • Ozone Layer

• India ties up with US, Russia to study ozone depletion

  India has joined hands with the US and Russia in two separate atmospheric exploration projects to study the fast-depleting ozone layer over the tropics and extra-tropical troposphere. Under the

  • 20/12/1998

  • Business Line (New Delhi)
  • • Ozone Layer

• Environment Ministry issues measures to reduce ozone

  Anticipating one of the worst ozone densities in years, South Korea's Environment Ministry has put forth a list of measures to reduce the pollutant, which is largely due to nitrogen oxides and other

  • 17/12/1998

  • • Ozone Layer

• Threats to ozone layer persist

  The UN has warned that the increasing incidence of smuggling and illegal trade in chloroflourocarbons(CFCs) could seriously undermine efforts of over a decade to eliminate the consumption and

  • 16/12/1998

  • • Ozone Layer

• Ozone layer threatenecl

  Just when we thought that the threat to the ozone layer is over, it rears it head again. Vast forest fires in Indonesia over the last year have produced a large cloud of an ozone-destroying chemical,

  • 14/12/1998

  • Down To Earth
  • • Forest Fires
    • Ozone Layer
    • Environmental Science
    • Indonesia

• Ozone depleting material

  Commerce Ministry to allocate import quota : Pakistan's Ministry of Commerce has invited applications from importers interested in importing ozone depleting substance (ODS) since its import is

  • 10/12/1998

  • • Ozone Layer